She seems to have been
taught that her actions are necessary in the fight against Republicans who want
to hurt Americans.She is simply doing
what is right and natural.

And where might she get
that point of view?

Here is a video of yesterday’s
Easter Sunday sermon presented by Melissa
Harris-Perry on MSNBC.Ms.
Harris-Perry teaches us that Republicans actively engage in voter suppression,
and that photo identification of voters is a sinister activity.

Here are her remarks:

It may not be an election year, but that does not mean we
can rest in our constant vigilance to protect the fragile and increasingly endangered
health of our democracy.Yes, folks, “This
Week in Voter Suppression” is back, with a vengeance.The
Nation magazine’s Ari
Berman reports that in the first quarter of 2013, states around the country
have proposed 55 new voting restrictions.The suppression-proposing states include Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington,
West Virginia and Wyoming.

But the worst offender this week was Virginia, where
Governor Bob “Trans-Vaginal” McDonnell signed a new suppression law that will
likely cost the state more than $7 million and disenfranchise more than 850,000
eligible, legal voters.His tool of
choice, like that of most of the states, is the entirely unnecessary
government-issued photo ID and because you followed our “This Week in Voter
Suppression” series here on MHP in 2012, you already know that these laws are a
solution to a problem that does not exist.

You also know these restrictions have a clear, disparate impact
on the poor, the physically disabled, the elderly, college students, and black
and Latino voters.These laws do not protect
the integrity of democracy.They
undermine it.These laws undermine the
basic precept of a healthy democracy: That to live in a democracy is to have
the right to govern, not just to be governed; to rule, not just to be ruled; to
be heard, not silenced - and here is the big one - to live without fear that
winners take all.

You see, democracy is unique, powerful and enduring, not
because it serves the interest of winners.I mean, totalitarian regimes do that.Democracy’s special claim on world history is that it protects the
rights and interests of the losers as well.Winning an election is not the same thing as staging a coup.Democracy is for losers because it ensures
that winners don’t take all.They can
only take their share.But it also
ensures that the less powerful have a stake, a voice and an equal capacity for
self-governance.

We the people means all of us, which is why, on Thursday,
President Obama signed an executive order creating a special commission
designed to protect our ability to cast a vote and have a voice.It’s just in time, because the threats to our
votes are very real.

Do you sense the characterizations?Republicans are anti-democracy and want to
hurt the disadvantaged.Their “tool of
choice”: Voter Suppression.

Melowese Richardson believes it is legitimate to vote six
times in order to achieve the necessary fairness for democracy in America.

Melissa Harris-Perry is sympathetic.

UPDATE 5/23/2013:

John Fund highlights another instance of voter suppression, this time on a much larger scale:

Lois Lerner, IRS Director of Exempt Organizations

UPDATE 8/14/2013:

Melowese Richardson has been convicted of voter fraud and sentenced to five years in prison. In addition, 94 election workers at 16 precincts (all but one of these precincts supervised by Democratic Party election judges) have been excluded from working future elections.

UPDATE 8/28/2013:
In Minnesota, two women are charged with double-voting. Although a federal crime, this is typically not prosecuted by the DOJ. (Melowese Richardson was convicted of a state crime, not a federal crime.) For our current federal government, this is not a problem, at least if you vote the "right way."

That appears to be the defense of Farhiya Dool and Amina Hassan in Minnesota. Their friends say they simply made an honest mistake. Their attorney says she finds it "offensive" that these women have been criminally charged.

When the Constitution and the rule of law are considered "offensive" in America, what could possibly go wrong?

UPDATE 3/24/2014:J. Christian Adams points out that Eric Holder will not bring charges against Melowese Richardson, even though federal law makes it a felony to vote more than once for President. Mr. Adams characterizes our United States Department of Justice as "facilitating a culture of brazen criminality."